[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 861268] Re: text corruption in terminals (xterm, urxvt) and emacs

2013-06-06 Thread Alec Warner
Man I hate launchpad. is this https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=664858? -A ** Also affects: ubuntu-gnome Importance: Undecided Status: New ** No longer affects: ubuntu-gnome ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #664858 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=664858 -

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 972324] Re: server fails to start up if TMPDIR is set to something on a different filesystem from /var/lib/xkb

2013-03-25 Thread Alec Warner
There may also exist a security issue, where user alice creates specially crafted keymaps in /tmp/$HASH.xkm and then user bob launched X and the X system tries to re-use alice's evil keymap. I'm unsure if the X server keymap loader is exploitable, but it is likely that keymaps should not be shared

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1033179] Re: Xvfb seems to have hardcoded /tmp

2013-03-25 Thread Alec Warner
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 972324 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/972324 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 972324 server fails to start up if TMPDIR is set to something on a different filesystem from /var/lib/xkb -- You received this bug notification because you

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 933745] [NEW] Xvfb: any use of the XInput extension causes Xvfb to crash

2012-02-16 Thread Alec Warner
Public bug reported: Repro steps: * Run "Xvfb -ac :99" in a terminal * Run "DISPLAY=:99 xinput list" in a second terminal Expected: List of input devices appears (XTest, core). Xvfb continues to run. Actual: Xvfb segfaults in first terminal. This problem affects any user of Xvfb who tries to ru